we've got chicken pox!!!

[clux]

now my nearly 2 year old has it - really badly! she is totally covered. have had 2 sleepless nights, and she's now laying on the sofa refusing to eat and occasionally whimpering. god its horrible.

[pebbles]

oh poor you clux

did 2 yr old have "symptoms" before the actual spots came out and therefore for you to know it was on its way?

my 4 month old baby got it on sat 13th and to be honest i thought by now my 2 yr old hadn't got it so i would be in all clear but obviously not - agh - i know i've got to get it over and done with but i don't want my toddler to be wimpering :(

keep me informed and i pray it's over as soon as possible

[sillywoman]

Re getting it twice; My youngest had it when was a baby (under 18mths, but can't recall exact age due to crap-mumitis), He's been off colour since Monday evening, threw up all this morning & suddenly mid morning developed 3 distinctly chicken-poxy spots on his tummy. No further developments (other than miraculous recovery from tummy bug coinciding with the discovery of said spots).

Could he have caught it again? If so could he get away with only 3 spots. He says they're not itchy, but having been through it 4 times now, all quite badly, I like to think I can recognise a chicken pox if I see one & these definitely look poxy to me. I'm confused - Help!

[clux]

hello

there were warning signs - the day before the spots appeared she was quite hot and she had a very pale rash across her stomach so i knew it was on its way!

we're on day 5 today and i think we may finally be over the worst. the poor little thing is totally covered (even got some in her mouth now) but she has only cried for about half the day as opposed to about 95% of the day like the rest of the week!!

you can get it twice if you only have a mild case the first time - or thats what a GP told my husband anyway

[sillywoman]

Yes, we had similar warning signs, but I just thought he had a bug - it never occurred to me it might be CP as he's already had it. Can you get it twice if you had a bad case first time round? he still only has 3 spots so it seems to be extremely mild if it is CP.